1. (Zoology) either of a pair of sensory appendages that arise from the mouthparts of crustaceans and insects. 2. (Zoology) either of a pair of tactile organs arising from the head or anterior end of certain annelids and molluscs. [C19: from French, from Latin palpus a touching]
Convex, meaning curving out or extending outward (compare concave), may refer to: Convex set in mathematics Convex function in mathematics convex polygon a polygon in which no line segment between two points on the boundary ever goes outside the polygon.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word convex set. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: convex set(Noun) A set which contains any convex combination of any (finite) subset of its points. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: In Euclidean space, an object is convex if for every pair of points within the object, every point on the straight line segment that joins them is also within the object.